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Pole position: Eddie Irvine (164=) had a 10-year career as a Formula One driverVenturelli/Getty

159 JOE BARRETTFuel distribution€95m (£84m) ▲€26mFormer Tesco employee Barrett, 51, joined Bob Etchingham (qv) in 1993, a year after Etchingham founded the petrol-station company that became Applegreen. He has led its retail and food expansion to 255 sites. His stake in the rapidly expanding €374m Dublin-based Applegreen, held via B+J Holdings in Malta, is worth €84m. Barrett sold €6m shares in September 2016, taking his share sales in the past three years beyond €10m. His salary and bonuses as chief operating officer almost doubled last year to €486,000.2017: €69m, 213